Plaintiff Edith Windsor of New York is greeted by supporters Wednesday in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, where justices heard arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act.

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Richard Wolf
USA TODAY

Analysis

The Supreme Court apparently didn't get the memo: The country is rushing headlong toward full-throated endorsement of same-sex marriage.

Over two days of oral arguments, the justices spent more time addressing mundane matters of states' rights and judicial standing than threshold issues of equality and morality. ...

The result still may be at least incremental progress for the gay-rights movement and same-sex marriage - what has been described as the civil rights issue of the 21st century. But any progress is likely to come more with a whimper than a bang - and with ...